Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and, in the case of any reserves made under the authority of section one hundred and forty-four of "The Land Act, 1877," if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserves or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, declare his intention to make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of a portion of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto, the area of which is described in the second column of the said Schedule, to the specific purpose set opposite such description in the third column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Description and Purpose of Original Reserve.
All that parcel of land in the Township of Cobden, Provincial District of Nelson, containing 2 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North by Fox Street, 500 links; towards the East by Newcastle Street, 400 links; towards the South by Bright Street, 500 links; and towards the West by Sturge Street, 500 links. Reserved by Order in Council issued on the 7th January, 1869, for a site for public buildings or other purposes of the General Government.

Portion of which the Purpose is intended to be changed.
All that parcel of land in the Township of Cobden, Provincial District of Nelson, containing 32 perches, more or less. Bounded on the North-eastward by Section No. 175, Fox Street, 100 links; on the South-eastward by Section No. 31, Bright Street, 200 links; on the South-westward by Bright Street, 100 links; and on the North-westward by Section No. 33, Bright Street, 200 links.

Intended Purpose.
For a site for a library.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Rangers under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880," Wellington District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

NATHANIEL GRACE,
CHARLES HOUCHEM, and
PETER TROTTER

to be Rangers under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880," for the District of Wellington.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Rangers under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880," Hawera District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant JAMES ANDERSON,
Constable JOHN McIVOR, and
Constable MICHAEL FRANKLIN

to be Rangers under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880," for the District of Hawera.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Additional Public Vaccinators, Auckland, Hamilton, Wairau, and Gabriel's Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

BERNARD CHARLES BEALE, Esq., M.R.C.S.E.,
to be an additional Public Vaccinator, under "The Public Health Act, 1876," for the District of Auckland; also to appoint

WILFRED MURCH, Esq., L.S.A. Lond.,
to be an additional Public Vaccinator, under the said Act, for the District of Hamilton; also to appoint

DAVID BROWN LOGIE, Esq., M.B., &c., Univ. Edin.,
to be an additional Public Vaccinator, under the said Act, for the District of Wairau; and to appoint

WILLIAM HENRY McLEAN, Esq., M.B., &c., Univ. Edin.,
to be an additional Public Vaccinator, under the said Act, for the District of Gabriel's.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrar under "The Registration of Electors Act, 1879," appointed, District of Wakatipu.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

RODOLPH BLOFELD MATHIAS, Esq.,
to be Registrar under "The Registration of Electors Act, 1879," for the Electoral District of Wakatipu, vice H. N. Firth, on leave.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Public Vaccinators, Wainui, Woodville, and Danevirke Districts, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM ALLEN FISHER, Esq., L.R.C.P. and L.R.C.S. Edin.,
to be a Public Vaccinator, under "The Public Health Act, 1876," for the District of Wainui; and to appoint

HENRY WILLIAMS, Esq.,
to be a Public Vaccinator, under the said Act, for the Districts of Woodville and Danevirke.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Acting-Consul for United States at Auckland provisionally recognized.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has provisionally recognized

ROBERT BROWNING, Esq.,
as Acting-Consul ad interim for the United States of America at Auckland, during the absence of Consul Shipley from New Zealand.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Under-Secretary, Department of Justice, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th May, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES JOHN ALLEN HASELDEN, Esq.,
to be Under-Secretary for the Department of Justice.

Jos. A. TOLE.